Wednesday, May 11, 2016

April 25 - Crazy WeEk!!

So if you asked us at the beginning of this week we had 4 people ondate for baptism: Morgan for April 30th, Andy for May 7th, Mitchellfor May 14th, and Edgar for May 21st.... We now have Andy for May28th. I'm not quite sure what happened! Haha Morgan is struggling witha strong drug addiction and no one is sure where she's at, Edgar is areferral we can't contact, and Mitchell.... Here's what happened.Earlier this week we were teaching him (the night we took the picture)and the spirit was so strong and he asked if he could be baptized thenext day! Of course there were some things we still needed to teachand a baptism to plan but we moved his date up from July 24th (hisbirthday) to May 14th. We had another lesson planned for Saturdayafternoon but Saturday morning we got a call from him letting us knowhe didn't believe it was true and he didn't want to waste our time. Hesaid he did some no bias research (that normally means he came acrosssome anti material😭) but that he doesn't want to be classified as onereligion. Ive seen all of these concerns and more in people I'vetaught throughout my mission but normally you see it coming- the droptalk/text/avoidance all together BUT I've relearned a valuable lessonthis week! Heavenly Father ALWAYS has a plan! That's probably the mostdifficult part of it all is being submissive and patient butcontinuing in faith. I read a talk this week that President Monsongave in the 1999 Oct. general conference titled Becoming Our BestSelves. The main idea is "When we [trust in the Lord], we will come torealize that we have been on His holy errand, that His divine purposeshave been fulfilled, and that we have shared in that fulfillment." Ilove it so much! I highly recommend it😉 I'm so grateful for yourwonderful examples! I seriously have the BEST parents!Lots of exciting adventures coming up! Some things just blow my mindlike Mykelti getting married next weekend.... To answer some of yourquestions: I LOVE HIKING HERE!!!! They only let us hike from Oct-Junebecause it gets waaaay too hot! It's already reaching 100 most daysbut I find I get chilly sometimes at 90. Oh boy. As far as pdays itdepends if it's a personal (we spend it with our house) district orzone pday. Probably my favorite activity to do with other missionariesis sports or hiking. The next transfers are May 12th and I seriouslydon't have a clue if I'll be staying or leaving. My guess is I'llleave but I also thought that would happen last time. I'll be in thishouse my whole mission (ONE year!) I LOVE YOU BOTH!!!Love, Sister Eaton

So the guy on the right is Mitchell and we have been teaching him as of Saturday! Then Xavier (Convert of 1 month), Ty and my cute companion!